DECEMBER 2010 REPORT

Dear Friends,
We are pleased to share the impact of our program nationally via our affiliation with the National Council for Social Studies annual conference and with the Association for Canadian Studies in the U.S. (feature articles). National impact is key for our Pacific Northwest National Resource Center on Canada and extends University of Washington and Western Washington University impact far beyond the boundaries of our two campuses. On behalf of Dan, Don, Tina, Chuck, Marion and I - happy holidays and, thank you for being part of our vibrant community! – Nadine

FEATURE ARTICLES

Canada Clinic presented at the 90th Annual National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Conference

In early November, the two Title VI National Resource Centers on Canada offered a pre-conference Canada Clinic: Looking Beyond the 49th Parallel at the Consulate General of Canada in Denver. More...

Thomas O. Enders Symposium – The U.S.-Canadian Relationship as Seen from South of the Border

On 29 October 2010 the biennial Enders Symposium, sponsored by the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS), the Thomas O. Enders Foundation, and the Center, was held at the UW. More..

State Should Find Ways to Bolster its Close Connection with Canada

by Donald Alper (left in photo)
Don Alper is the director of the Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University that forms a National Resource Center with UW Canadian Studies. He recently wrote an opinion piece for The Seattle Times.

FACULTY RESEARCH & TEACHING

Book Launch for Charlotte Coté’s Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors

by Charlotte Coté
The Book Launch Event on October 28th for Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors was a great success! More...

Center Partners with Foster School of Business to Enhance Canadian Content in International Business CoursesVisiting professor Stephen Blank provided a lecture to the students in Professor Mike Giambattita’s International Marketing course...More...

Government of Canada, Faculty Research Grant Recipient, Lucy Jarosz, Examines Food Systems in Canada and the U.S.

Lucy Jarosz's research project, "How Local Food Systems Address Hunger" compares how hunger is addressed through community gardening and urban farming...More...

Nadine was awarded a Leadership Award from the Education Leadership and Policy Studies program at the University of British Columbia to support her research on political activism occurring in the Arctic...More...

GRADUATE RESEARCH & STUDIES

Chris Bajuk, Co-Leader for the 2011 MBA Canada Study Tour, is Featured in the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Newsletter

By Chris Bajuk
The 2010 Canadian Leadership Orientation Program was fascinating and insightful. More...

FLAS Fellow, Chris Lizotte, Discusses His Canada-Based Research

By Chris Lizotte, Geography
My research compares education reform in the United States, Canada, and France. More...

KILLAM FELLOWS REPORT

Killam Fellow, Ivy Gooch, Reports From l’Université de Montréal!

By Ivy Gooch
After only three days in Montréal, I’d fallen in love with the city. More...

UW LIBRARIES & CANADA COLLECTIONS

Note from the Canadian Collections LibrarianBy Sion Romaine, UW Libraries’ Canadian Studies Librarian Did the recent Seattle cold-snap leave you feeling like you just wanted to curl up at home with a good DVD and make it all go away? More...

EDUCATOR & COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING

First Nations Weaver Brings Canadian Culture to Educators in the Region

In early November Canadian master weaver Evelyn Vanderhoop provided a series of programs at the University of Washington’s Burke Museum. More...

Teaching Globalization and Canadian Studies through the Media

by Rachel Dane-Poirier and Kristin Marciochi
Although Canada faces problems that are unique to its identity, many of the current issues have a global undercurrent, and a deeper understanding... More...

PHOTO ALBUM

Robert Gordon, Simon Fraser University (left) and Clayton Mosher, Washington State University, discuss differences in crime policies in Canada and the United States at the October Enders Symposium.

Robert Thacker, St. Lawrence University (left) and Laurie Ricou, University of British Columbia discuss Canadian literature at the Enders Symposium in October.

Tina Storer (second from right) shares Olympic mittens with Denver Consulate staff and colleagues at a dinner to celebrate the Canada Clinic as part of the National Council for Social Studies conference.